acubar
Catalan
Etymology
a- + cup + -ar
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ə.kuˈba/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.kuˈbaɾ/
Verb
acubar (first-person singular present acubo, past participle acubat)
- (transitive) to suffocate
- Synonym: sufocar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to suffocate, to smother
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to faint
- Synonym: desmaiar-se
Conjugation
Conjugation of acubar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | acubar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | acubant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | acubat | acubada | |||||
| plural | acubats | acubades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | acubo | acubes | acuba | acubem | acubeu | acuben | |
| imperfect | acubava | acubaves | acubava | acubàvem | acubàveu | acubaven | |
| future | acubaré | acubaràs | acubarà | acubarem | acubareu | acubaran | |
| preterite | acubí | acubares | acubà | acubàrem | acubàreu | acubaren | |
| conditional | acubaria | acubaries | acubaria | acubaríem | acubaríeu | acubarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | acubi | acubis | acubi | acubem | acubeu | acubin | |
| imperfect | acubés | acubessis | acubés | acubéssim | acubéssiu | acubessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | acuba | acubi | acubem | acubeu | acubin | ||
Derived terms
- acubador
- acubament
Further reading
- “acubar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.